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Lawmakers want wide GAO probe of wildfire response

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California lawmakers want the federal Government Accountability Office to investigate Forest Service tactics and decisions in responding to last summer's Angeles National Forest wildfire that killed two firefighters, destroyed 89 homes and blackened 250 square miles.

In their demand for a sweeping GAO probe, the legislators noted this week's disclosure that Station Fire dispatch recordings were withheld from a Forest Service review team and the public. The Department of Agriculture, which runs the Forest Service, is investigating the withholding of recordings.